Old Friends News

Yesterday was a sad day at the farm. We had to say goodbye to two valiant elders. We were coming to love them both very much. Swain and Dumaani lived most of their lives at Shadwell Farm until they joined Old Friends last March. Though we were privileged to care for them for all too […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – JULY 28, 2022 — Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY., lost two beloved retirees today: Multiple graded stakes winner Dumaani, who was 31, and European Champion Swain, who was 30. Both were humanely euthanized due to the infirmities of old age. The stallions stood most recently at the Lexington-based Shadwell Farm, where […]

SAVE THE DATE Old Friends Breeders’ Cup Celebration Sunday November 6, 12 pm – 4 pm Tickets: $40 per person Details and Ticket Information to be posted Soon! BBQ Buffet by Proud Mary Live & Silent Auctions **********   Tours Available Monday Oct. 31st – Friday Nov. 4: 10am, 11am, and 1pm​   Sat. Nov. […]

Today is the 26th anniversary of Victor Cooley’s win in the Marine Stakes at Woodbine. That day he set a speed record of 1 1/16 mile in 1:41.80 that stands to this day. We are saddened that we can’t go up to Victor’s paddock on the back 40 and celebrate with him. Read more here.

GEORGETOWN, KY – JUNE 27, 2022 — Two-time GR3 winner Mustanfar was humanely euthanized today at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. He was 21. A full necropsy is currently pending. Bred and owned by Shadwell Farm, Mustanfar, along with five other retired stallions, was recently relocated to Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in Georgetown, KY. as […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – JUNE 27, 2022 – Victor Cooley, Canada’s 1996 Champion Three-Year-Old Colt and Queen’s Plate winner, was euthanized today at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement farm based in Georgetown, KY, where he has been pensioned since 2014. The gelding was 29. According to attending veterinarian Dr. Ashton Broman, Victor Cooley suffered an acute onset […]

You and I, a son of Kris S and the Peruvian mare La Chaposa (by Ups), was foaled thirty-one years ago in Florida. He  went into training with Stanley Hough for Triumviri Stable and won the Cowdin (G2), a leading juvenile stakes.   Read more here.

On the 25th anniversary of the Touch Gold — Silver Charm Belmont Stakes, it is time to get nostalgic and recall my personal interest in that historic race and how the journalist and racing fan in me clashed and left part of me ecstatic and another part sad following the race, which is what happens […]

GEORGETOWN, KY – JUNE 6, 2022 – You and I, the multiple graded stakes winning son of Kris S, has died. A pensioner at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in Georgetown, KY., since 2011, You and I was 31 and was suffering infirmities of old age. In 1993, as a two-year-old, You and I was a […]

Please Join us Monday May 30, 2022 for Old Friends’s Annual Tribute to our Recently Deceased Horses AFLEET ACCOMPLI ELUSIVE HONEY GALLAPIAT’S MOMENT SPECIAL IMAGE HOGY HAY JUDE CAPTURE THE POWER COSMONAUT (NY) NORTHERN STONE DISCREET HERO ALBERT THE GREAT POPCORN DEELITES ALPHABET SOUP AFFIRMED SUCCESS FEROCIOUS WON RIVER SQUALL ZIPPY CHIPPY (NY) CAN’T HELP […]